LCD Soundsystem, coming to a theater near you
Late-lamented James Murphy band's final concert captured on film, to play one night only, July 18.
LCD Soundsystem, coming to a theater near you
Steven Rea, Inquirer Movie Columnist and Critic
Singer/songwriter James Murphy pulled the plug on LCD Soundsystem – his hugely influential New York dance punk band -- on April 2, 2011, with an instantly sold-out farewell concert at Madison Square Garden. While Murphy has moved on (recording with Gorillaz and OutKast’s Andre 3000, and working on film soundtracks), many LCD fans are still in the grieving stage. So, mark your calendars: one night only, Wednesday, July 18, Shut Up and Play the Hits, a music doc commemorating the swansong concert, will play at theaters around the land. (It’s already sold out at Rave Motion Pictures in University City – a second showing is expected.) Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, the film captures many of the musical highpoints of the nearly four-hour final concert, and also gets inside Murphy’s head a bit, as he prepares for the show and then deconstructs it – and his career – after the closing chords of “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down” have faded into the night. For theater info, go to: http://oscilloscope.net/lcdtheaters/
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